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Show WORTHY UNDERTAKING. The confectionery industry is making mak-ing a most intelligent effort to pur-suade pur-suade congress to repeal the special taxep of various ki,nds that now hamper industry, and substitute for the so-called "war taxes" a gross-Bales gross-Bales or turn-over tax which would affect all alike, raise the needed revenue rev-enue and stop pyramiding excess profits and other business taxes under un-der the present system. The increased in-creased cost of living and decreased purchasing power of the dollar make it imperative that people with small incomes, Including wage-earners, professional men, farmers and others oth-ers should obtain relief. It has been estimated by the Department De-partment of Justice that price of commodities has been increased 23.2 per cent by pyramiding costs under our present tax system. The candy industry is placing before be-fore congress a detailed plan of procedure pro-cedure to remedy the abuse. |